- (Save) the remnant, (save) the remnant, O Sovereign, that the soul of the Devil may not rejoice entirely––
- البقیه البقیه ای خدیو ** تا نگردد شاد کلی جان دیو
- Not for our sakes, (but) for the sake of the primal grace through which Thou didst seek out them that had lost the way.
- بهر ما نه بهر آن لطف نخست ** که تو کردی گمرهان را باز جست
- As Thou hast shown Thy power, (so now) show Thy mercy, O Thou who hast implanted feelings of mercy in flesh and fat. 2505
- چون نمودی قدرتت بنمای رحم ** ای نهاده رحمها در لحم و شحم
- If this prayer increase Thy wrath, do Thou teach (us) to pray, O Lord,
- این دعا گر خشم افزاید ترا ** تو دعا تعلیم فرما مهترا
- Even as, (when) Adam fell from Paradise, Thou gavest him (leave) to turn (in penitence) toward Thee, so that he escaped from the ugly Devil.”
- آن چنان کادم بیفتاد از بهشت ** رجعتش دادی که رست از دیو زشت
- Who is the Devil that he should surpass Adam and win the game from him on such a board?
- دیو که بود کاو ز آدم بگذرد ** بر چنین نطعی از او بازی برد
- In truth, it all turned out to Adam’s advantage: that guile became a curse to the envious one.
- در حقیقت نفع آدم شد همه ** لعنت حاسد شده آن دمدمه
- He (the Devil) saw one game, (but) he did not see two hundred games (which he should lose): therefore he cut down the supports of his own house. 2510
- بازیی دید و دو صد بازی ندید ** پس ستون خانهی خود را برید
- He set fire by night to the cornfield of others; (meanwhile) O wind, drive the fire into his field!
- آتشی زد شب به کشت دیگران ** باد آتش را به کشت او بران
- The (Divine) curse was a blind to the Devil, so that he regarded that trickery (of his) as harm to (his) enemy.
- چشم بندی بود لعنت دیو را ** تا زیان خصم دید آن ریو را